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Episode 73 Phrasal Verbs You Can Use With The Word "Look"


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Today we are talking about phrasal verbs that start with 'look'. There are a lot of them! So we're not covering all of them today.

Hopefully you have heard of many of these before and we're just reviewing or you're hopefully going to feel a bit more confident about using or understanding them.

There are so many of these phrasal verbs out there! So I want to give you a couple of other links where you might find a more comprehensive list. However, please don't feel like you need to memorise all of these. If you can't remember the word, just try and think of an alternative way to say it.

https://7esl.com/phrasal-verbs-with-look/

https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/phrasal-verbs-look/

https://www.learn-english-today.com/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verbs-LOOK.html

Episodes 72 also has vocabulary for looking at things.

Today's Vocabulary

Look through - to look through something like files or a book for something, however we can also look through binoculars, for example.

Look in - usually to look in a particular place for something

Look over - to check or review something

Look over there - to look in a particular direction

Look up - to find a word in the dictionary or to physically look up. Remember we can also physically look up.

Look up to - to see someone as a role model or someone you want to be like

Look for - to look around for something you have lost

Look at this - to look in a particular direction (usually close)

Look after - to take care of someone or something

Look back on - to remember something that happened in the past

Look down on - to disrespect someone


Additional Vocabulary

A fools errand - idiom - something that it's really silly to do or a waste of time

Role model - someone who provides a good example of who we want to be or what we want to be like

You could drive yourself mad - idiom - 'drive someone mad' means something that makes you feel angry, stressed out or frustrated

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